Rescuers manage to reach girl trapped in borewell

, Jun 24: Rescuers on Sunday morning managed to reach four-year-old girl Mahi, 82 hours after she fell into a 70-feet-deep borewell near

. On Saturday night, they had managed to pierce a hard rock — a major hurdle which the rescuers had been struggling to break for the last two days. Rescuers have managed to reach the girl and efforts are being made to take her out, an official said.

Mahi had fallen into the borewell at Kho village near Manesar while playing with her friends on June 20, her fourth birthday. Oxygen is being constantly supplied to Mahi since the rescue operation began. Over 100 officials drawn from army, fire, police, Gurgaon Rapid Metro Rail, health and revenue departments, and local people have been involved in drilling a pit parallel to the bore well. All were expecting for the remarkable recovery mission to end successfully.

PTI